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nags

“nags” is a Latvian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. fingernail (thin, curved horny plate on the back surface of a (human) fingertip).
  2. claw (horny formation at the tip of an animal's toe).
  3. hand
  4. dexterity, skill, knack, special talent
  5. a protrusion or formation resembling such a horny plate
  6. a crescent-shaped protrusion of a hat above the forehead
  7. difficulty, great effort
  8. misfortune, desperate situation
  9. cataract, glaucoma

Etymology

Basically from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nágas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs (see there for further descendants). The meaning 'leg', widely attested in Slavic (cf. Ukrainian нога (noha), Russian нога (noga), Czech noha, Polish noga) and also in Old Prussian noge (cf. also meaning #3 below), probably evolved as '(finger) nail' > '(bird) claw' > '(bird) leg'. The 'metal fastener for joining wood…

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